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Letter: People To Watch For At Your Garage Sale

I recently had a yard sale, and I thought I would share some advice to others who are contemplating having one. These are the things to be on the lookout for when you have one:

• Someone who takes all of your free stuff so that he/she can put it in their garage sale.

• Those who will take a higher priced sticker and change it with a lower priced sticker.

• Those who let their unsupervised children break things and then do not pay for them.

• Those who open brand-new items, then do not buy them after reducing their value.

• Those who slip in pesos and other foreign coins hoping you won’t notice that they aren’t U.S. minted.

• Those who take off the price sticker, then ask how much an item is.

• Those who open bagged items, pick out what they want, ask for a price and lie about where it came from when asked about it.

• Those who outright steal from you.

• Those who park directly across your driveway blocking access for others.

• People who come to your yard sales who can’t do without a cigarette in hand. They drive off other buyers and the home owner may be allergic to them.

The majority of this deals basically with dishonesty and theft. So this is just a warning to all as to what to expect. I’m sure that others have experienced this same type of behavior and know what I am talking about.